Why? Why did this happen?
We only came out for a walk, but...
It's because the villagers never come near the forest.
Elder Sergius mistook him for a wolf.
What I shot was a wolf.
It definitely was not this man.
I don't believe you!
Derrick!
Give me back Raoul! Raoul... Raoul!
The Elder claimed that he didn't do it.
What do you think?
He has to have evidence if he wants to say that he didn't do it.
Even if he is Elder Sergius, the one who decides the justice of the village.
Bryan Roscoe...
Isn't he the one that set up electricity for the village?
Yes, it was when I was still young.
Although he didn't stay very long,
he told me many things about the world outside of the village.
Even though I love this village,
it was because of him that I became interested in the outside world.
But...
At the same time, you felt the chaos that surrounds the village.
I think I have a grasp of the reason why you feel that way.
I can explain it in words if you want.
It's the proof of what you had mentioned.
Episode 8
Howling Echoes from the Kingdom of the Past
The church is empty right now.
Now is the only time when the ancestral spirits can pass through.
The culprit will use this moment to steal something.
But, this village has nothing valuable to steal.
Humans search for new stimuli to satisfy their never-ending desire.
At the same time, they respect and value rare, ancient objects.
That means, the culprit is...
Seems like someone's coming.
That person is...
Yes, the culprit is...
You're the culprit!
Derek Banks!
Wh-Why is Inspector Blois here?
This jar is mine!
I cannot return it to someone who doesn't know its value!
It's because they're thieves.
They pretended to be drunk and threw the jar into the holy water to confirm its authenticity.
Because if it was a gold-plated replica, it would float.
Then, those murders were a result from internal quarrels?
So it seems.
But, before the crime, Alan was hit by the hazelnuts in the plaza.
That was Derrick in disguise.
After the fight with Harminia,
Derrick wrapped Alan up after beating him unconscious,
and put him in place of the paper-mache.
Where's your proof?
It's right here.
You had dropped this on the floor when you were arrested a while ago.
And, this was also next to Raoul's body where he had died in the forest.
First,
you killed Raoul in the forest.
The gunshot blended it with the sound of drums and blanks fired by the villagers.
Then, you used the howling of the wolves to frame Sergius as the murderer.
When the wolves howl, the people in this village would shoot.
When we first arrived at the village, he remembered that particular event you displayed.
You didn't kill Raoul.
There is your evidence.
I didn't think I would be saved by the daughter of Cordelia.
Take him away.
Where are you taking the criminal?!
Justice will be served to this man.
This village is within the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Saubure.
He must be handled by the police and tried according to the law of Saubure.
You say this is in Saubure?
This isn't a village.
This is a country!
This is the Kingdom of Seyrun.
Seyrun?
I am not the elder of a village, but the king!
The words of the king are absolute. Do you understand?
What's wrong with them? Seriously.
If you say that, you're also the same.
Why are you in this village, Inspector Blois?
Kujou, haven't you thought about it?
Why Glaviel let the criminal go instead of claiming the credit for the arrest.
Criminal?
I drank too much...
What? Is it over already, Inspector?
The person who she called in secret was Glaviel.
What?!
Well, it was because I cheated during poker, this one caught me red handed.
He told me in exchange for letting it slide, I'd have to work for him.
What do you mean by "this one"?
Eh? What kind of work?
Follow me, observe me, then report to Glaviel.
That was her job.
But more importantly...
Ambrose, it's your turn to collect evidence for me.
M-Me?
Also, Kujou, I have an important task for you.
F-For me?
That's right.
After overcoming twenty years,
Cordelia Gallo will be proven innocent.
I found you, the girl who killed me.
Elder Theodore, no! No!
Harminia.
No, please go back! Go back to the other world!
Do you admit it, Harminia?
I admit it. I... I killed you!
It was exactly as you had predicted, Victorica!
Why?
You were definitely speaking... the language of the other world.
That's why I mistook you for an ancestor, mistook you for Elder Theodore!
Ah, those words were...
Those were kind of... my hometown's traditional magic words.
I didn't think it was you!
Unbelievable!
Although Harminia was a little weird,
I didn't think a gentle person like her could possibly be a murderer!
It was because of the flying doves.
Doves?
I spoke to her in the study, in which the murder took place twenty years ago.
At that time, a flock of white doves flew by the window.
When I saw that, the Fountain of Wisdom told me
that this was the same pattern of chaos as that theft in the market involving the Dresden Plate.
The doves were just used to divert everyone's attention.
In the crime twenty years ago, gold coins were used.
On that fateful night,
you waited for Theodore inside the standing clock while holding your breath.
That place hid gold coins that no one knew about.
You jumped out when Theodore walked past.
The impact swung gold coins and their vivid afterimage into the path of Theodore's eyes.
With his eyes instantly locked on the coins, Theodore's movements were limited.
Using her weight, she was able to stab the dagger so deep that only the hilt remained.
After Harminia killed Theodore, she locked the door,
and hid inside the clock again.
She hid until someone had come to find the body and became a scapegoat.
And so, the unfortunate person chosen by fate was...
My mother, Cordelia.
Sergius, you mentioned the time of the crime.
You said that witnesses present had different testaments about the time.
Yes.
Could it be because the standing clock did not chime that night?
Now that you mention it...
Why didn't it chime?
That was because Harminia was hiding inside.
The standing clock was where Theodore hid his gold coins.
Harminia!
But, what was her motive?
The future.
Future?
The oracle of the midsummer festival.
Yes, I listened to a future that I shouldn't have asked for.
All because of a child's curiosity,
I was told twenty years from now, at the age of 26, I will die.
I couldn't accept that.
I wanted to live, to live longer!
In order to avoid the future full of despair...
J-Just for that, Elder Theodore was...
Ambrose, behead this woman!
Wait a second, even though what she did...
Harminia is 26 this year.
Just as Theodore had predicted,
she will die here.
Use this!
Harminia has always been kind to me.
I like Harminia a lot, too!
And, even if it was Elder Sergius,
or even if it was the village...
But...
Harminia, escape!
Chase her!
The criminal will bring disaster, don't let her escape!
That is...
Bring water!
It's burning!
Hurry!
The houses are on fire!
Look!
Harminia started the flames!
Harminia!
Wait, Ambrose!
Harminia!
Daughter of Cordelia!
You have indeed brought disaster.
For this village, and for me!
The drawbridge...
The only way between the outside world and the village is...
Harminia...
Your hair is a mess, Ambrose.
Even though I clearly told you to tie it up properly.
Elder Sergius, now is not the time for that!
The bridge is...
It doesn't matter if the bridge is gone.
What we need is the Kingdom of Seyrun.
There is no need to go outside.
Let's go.
If this continues, the bridge will burn down.
Yeah!
Daughter of Cordelia.
Those pupils, the color of sin.
Sin... Sin... I'll kill that sin!
After I kill that sin...
after I wipe out the entire village...
Only then... can I live!
Kujou!
Hey!
Inspector!
Leave Victorica to me!
So, hurry and—
Kujou!
I will live on, past 26 to 27!
28!
29!
30!
31!
32!
33!
34!
35!
36!
37!
38!
Kujou!
39!
40!
41!
42!
43!
Kujou!
44!
Enough! Stop, Kujou!
Don't worry about me, don't worry...
I can't do that!
I made up with you after so much trouble.
If we're separated again, I won't accept it!
You... You say such silly things at a time like this?
It's not silly!
You are my friend.
There's nothing silly... about it!
Kujou!
50!
51!
52!
53!
Kujou!
54!
Stop!
Harminia!
Harminia...
This is bad!
Let's go!
Don't do that, Victorica.
If you panic like that, your important pendant will...
Important things have to be...
held onto tightly.
What are you doing, Kujou?
Climb up quickly, idiot!
Victori... ca.
Doesn't your arm hurt?
Your hand is red.
Shut up! Get a grip!
If you give up now, I'll never talk to you again, Kujou!
Let's go back together! Didn't you say that before? Together...
Kujou!
This isn't the place where we separate!
That's right.
We...
Not here...
Not here!
Did you see?
Your sins have been burned clean.
The fire seems to have stopped.
They'll probably go back to living quiet lives again.
But, is this okay, Ambrose?
I've always wanted to cross that bridge.
Ever since Bryan Roscoe told me about the outside world...
But seriously, what a foolish village.
They called themselves Seyrun, didn't they?
In actual history,
there are many historical records that talk about people who thought that they were gods.
And in that past, the forest tribes conquered Eastern Europe.
Although their bodies were small and weak,
they were able to defeat all invaders because of their extraordinary intellect.
But towards the end of the 15th century, they suddenly disappeared from history.
They were called the Seyrun.
Either way, it's all in the past.
The present is what we live in.
Present?
That's right.
I can live on like this.
I want...
to live...
in the present.
You may never be let out again
after you caused such a huge uproar.
Even so, I am satisfied.
I proved the innocence of Cordelia.
A daughter has to uphold the honor of her mother.
That's right, I thought it was strange, but...
During the Elder's oracle, why did you two ask the same question?
I see... that means...
She didn't ask if she could grow taller.
But, to be with me...
What is it?
You've been staring at me all this time...
No... it's nothing!
Oh, it's here.
Let's go, Victorica.
That's right.
Let's go back.
Back to...
that same place.
I don't feel so well.
Ah! Victorica! Don't blow your nose on my clothes!
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